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On November 2, 1904, the use of fi ngerprints began in Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Kansas, and the St. Louis Police Department. They were assisted by a Sergeant from Scotland Yard who had been on duty at the St. Louis World’s Fair Exposition guarding the British display. Shortly afterwards, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) created America’s fi rst national fi ngerprint repository, called the National Bureau of Criminal Identifi cation. Come along with Tidbits as we examine fi ngerprints!

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FINGERPRINT FILE (cont’d)• There may be 300 ridges on the skin between

fi ngertips and wrist. There are millions of sweat pores between the ridges, which exude a nearly invisible mixture that’s 99% water and 1% fatty acid. Everything you touch is covered with this residue. The water will evaporate, but the fat remains. Fingerprints are still intact and readable on ancient mummies.

• In ancient China, emperors used thumbprints to sign state papers. Artists used fi ngerprints on pictures instead of signatures. But the fact that every human being carries a signature on their fi ngertips wasn’t put to use in police work until William Herschel became interested in 1860. At that time, he was working for the British government in India. He handled the payment of pensions to retired people. But frequently one person would collect his money, and then later someone using the same name would show up to collect it again. Herschel couldn’t keep track of the many people he dealt with— so he started having everyone sign for their money with a thumbprint. The fraud stopped immediately, but it was decades before fi ngerprints came into play where crime solving was concerned.

• In 1892 a detective was called to a scene where two young children had been murdered. The mother accused an old man who lived nearby. He proclaimed his innocence. The policeman found a bloody handprint on the door. He called the old man to the scene, and had him place an inked handprint on a piece of paper. The prints didn’t match. Next he had the mother of the children do the same— and the prints matched. She had murdered her own kids because the man she loved wouldn’t marry her as long as she had children. This is the fi rst recorded instance of fi ngerprints being used to solve a crime. (cont’d)

• Scotland Yard began using fi ngerprint evidence in 1901. Since then, fi ngerprint evidence has solved innumerable crimes.

• For many decades, each police department kept its own collection of fi ngerprints on fi le. Any police department with a suspicious person in custody sent copies of fi ngerprints to each police department individually, and each police department searched through their fi les manually. It was a time-consuming and ineffi cient process. Congress established the FBI’s Identifi cation Division in 1924 to be the central repository for all fi ngerprint records. Now known as the Criminal Justice Information Services Division, the bureau employs around 3,000 people and is the largest branch of the FBI. Currently the FBI has over 234 million fi ngerprints on fi le representing over 81 million people. Of the millions of sets of fi ngerprints in FBI fi les, none have ever been found to match.

• In 1999, the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identifi cation System (IAFIS) went into operation. IAFIS stores over 51 million digital prints and compares them within minutes, pulling up a list of potential matches along with their criminal histories. State and local law enforcement agencies transmit fi ngerprint information to the system electronically, and get identifi cation within a few hours.

• There are several methods of fi nding fi ngerprints. One of the most common methods is called iodine fuming. In the late 1800s it was found that iodine fumes, when they come into contact with body fats and oils, will react with them in a way that makes them visible. To accomplish this, iodine crystals are put into a beaker and heated, which produces a purple gas.

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A virus is not a true living disease organism like a bacterium or fungus. It is a complex collection of genetic molecules, either DNA or RNA, encased in a protein coating. A virus is made up of chemical sequences that reproduce themselves rapidly in an animal or plant and it can cause disease. Medical researchers ascribe the words – “a smart virus”, “ability to adapt”, “a killer bug” giving the virus almost human characteristics, whereas the biochemist will ascribe chemical reactions and base pairings as a laboratory experiment devoid of all living character. They are both right.

A virus’s job is to make as many copies of itself as quickly as possible. Viruses enter the body and make large numbers of viral copies using the cat’s cells as a virus factory. Ultimately the infected cells burst, shedding large numbers of viral copies that infect other normal cells and then the process is repeated over and over again. Viral infections can spread throughout an animal’s body at a very rapid pace causing sickness or death.

A cat with a healthy immune system or who has been vaccinated against a specifi c virus, can stop the invasion and remain virus free. Poor immunity will cause the cat to become ill and many individuals die.

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Q. Just like you said, I’ve been brushing my child’s teeth three times a day – for 2 (TWENTY) minutes. How long should I keep up that “60 minutes per day” tooth brushing routine? A. Did I really say “Brush for 20 minutes, three times a day” ?

Oops! I checked, and I did say that – and found that “typo” in the last two Tidbits. (Unlike USA’s national debt, that one little extra “zero” probably will make a big diff erence in compliance!)

Here’s the correction - without the extra “zero”: Brush two times daily for 2 MINUTES (and fl oss just the teeth you want to keep).

All of you parents who have been brushing your child’s teeth 20 minutes, three times a Day, or making sure they do, deserve the “Congressional Medal of Honor for Parenting”!

Q. Where can I get great information on how to keep my child’s teeth and gums healthy for a lifetime (besides right here in Tidbits, of course) ? A. There’s a great new website recently launched by a coalition of 35 prominent dental organizations, known as the Partnership for Healthy Mouths, Healthy Lives. It is the fi rst-ever joint children’s oral health campaign with the Ad Council. Media Partners for theCampaign include Sesame Street, Dream Works, Cartoon Network (This is going to be BIG.)Dr. Joe Blaes, editor of Dental Economics Magazine, states: “The new campaign will teach parents and caregivers…..as well as children about oral health and the simple ways they can prevent oral disease….fewer than half of parents (44%) report that their children brush their teeth twice a day. While most parents understand the importance oral health and their children brushing their teeth, they are not aware of the serious consequences of not taking care of their children’s teeth.”

Check out the FUN and EDUCATIONAL videos at the new website: www.2min2x.org

KEEP YOUR TEETH AND GUMS HEALTHY FOR A LIFETIME – 2min/2x

You can Ask the Dentist by calling Dr. Burgner at 720-870-9500, or consult his website: www.ParkerLumineers.com Dr. Burgner has served on the Fellowship Examination Committee of the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), and has received national recognition awards from that 30,000 member organization. He has also been recognized in the local magazine 5280.He practices General Family and Cosmetic Dentistry in Parker, Colorado.

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There was a man who worked for the Post Offi ce whose job was to process all the mail that had il-legible addresses.One day, a letter came addressed in a shaky hand-writing to God with no actual address. He thought he should open it to see what it was about.

The letter read

Dear God,I am an 83 year old widow, living on a very small pension.Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had $100 in it, which was all the money I had until my next pension payment.Next Sunday is Christmas, and I had invited two of my friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with, have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope... Can you please help me?

Sincerely, Edna

The postal worker was touched. He showed the letter to all the other workers. Each one dug into his or her wallet and came up with a few dollars.By the time he made the rounds, he had collected $96, which they put into an envelope and sent to the woman. The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of Edna and the dinner she would be able to share with her friends.Christmas came and went. A few days later, another letter came from the same old lady to God. All the workers gathered around while the letter was opened.

It read:Dear God,How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your gift of love, I was able to fi x a glorious dinner for my friends. We had a very nice day and I told my friends of your wonderful gift.By the way, there was $4 missing. I think it might have been those bastards at the post offi ce.

Sincerely, Edna